VdP des Collines Rhodaniennes

As always this wine is very expressive, packed full of vibrant fruit characters. The nose shows plenty of orange, greengage and white blossom, while the palate is equally generous with more citrus and stone-fruit. Barrel fermentation brings a nice creaminess to the wine and the finish is long and expressive. Think of this as a “mini-Condrieu”. Drink now to 2021.
Oliver Barton, Buying Assistant

Best-value Northern Rhône Red
The wines of Seyssuel may currently be classified as Vin de Pays, but I think the quality easily justifies it having its own appellation. No doubt this will happen as some stage; we will be hearing more and more about this emerging area of the Northern Rhône. A floral nose leads to lots of spicy and smoky notes across the palate. Cool, succulent dark fruit with an attractive creaminess, cleansing acidity and an anise finish. A vin de plaisir
Martin Rolph, Private Account Manager

Elegantly styled and full of quality, this strikes an instant sense of complexity with spicy wild strawberries and black cherries on the nose. A bit of hedonistic pleasure isn’t far behind though as the palate is pure and silky smooth, before soft and clean tannins give a very fresh feel to the finish.
Guy Davies, Wine Team

L’Ame Sœur is now recognised as one of the most successful of the Seyssuel projects, that is to say the vineyards that have been revitalised above Vienne on the East side of the River… the subtle differences in aspect and soil (mica-schist in essence) are captured, enticingly, in an example which glories in pavonine complexity on the finish.
Simon Field MW, Rhône Wine Buyer

If one is permitted to assess the quality of a vigneron by the number of eager Antipodean cellar rats helping out at vintage time, then Stéphane Ogier appears to be the man of the moment. If one takes the more traditional approach of assessing quality by analysis of what is in the glass, or what is in the barrel, then he is definitely the man of the moment. He compares it to 2010, which is praise indeed.

Perched above the increasingly precarious Autoroute A7, these ancient “Vienne” vines host the renaissance of some of France’s oldest plots. Seyssuel labours patiently through the labyrinth of the INAO in a quest for appellation status. Stéphane labours equally patiently on these steep mica-schist soils. Ten years ago he experimented with stems; this year, despite the near perfection of the vintage, there has been complete de-stemming. This wine always haunts aromatically – violets and crushed rock of the sepulchre – while the palate is more forward, ripe blueberry and myrtle providing the most immediate Proustian recollection. Drink 2018-2025.
Simon Field MW, Wine Buyer